Helene Young

It seems fitting to have Helene Young as my guest blogger today, seeing as its Aussie Author Month. I’m a big fan of Helene’s, after picking up Border Watch…now called Wings of Fear, and devouring it. I love her mix of suspence, the Aussie QLD coastline and the good dose of romance. So i’m excited to have her here!! Thanks for having me visit today, Fiona! Loved reading Heart of Gold and it was fascinating seeing inside a shearing shed. You made it all very real. Awe thanks Helene. I could say the same for you, making the inside of a plane come alive for those of us who have never been in a cockpit. I’m guessing you’ve been working on your third book now that Shattered Sky is out on the shelves. Is this one also a follow on with a character we are familiar with from Shattered Sky? If possible, can you tell us

Well I had so much fun at the Romance Writers Association Conference in Sydney. Look at where we were right on the waterfront at Coogee! On Thursday I attended a workshop and we had Wendy Harmer – http://www.wendyharmer.com/ – who is an author of chick lit, hen lit and YA books and a well known comedian. Yes she had us in fits of laughter as she showed us some of her nags from her book Nagging for Beginners. Hilarious stuff. We had one of the writers from the Underbelly series talk and many others. We were fed well also…one of my favourite parts…the choc éclairs were scrummie. On Friday afternoon it was the big book signing event and I was positioned next to Bronwyn Parry. It was great to finally meet Bron along with Helene Young who you can all find on http://www.outbackromances.com/ I also got to meet Bec Sampson who was in an online

Congrats to the winners of our Treasure Hunt Giveaway. Here’s the announcement from Bron Parry’s website: ‘So, looking up the list of entrants, the 22nd entrant, and the winner of a signed book from each of the four authors involved is: A man entering as a surprise for his wife, so I won’t put the name here, but Mr Thoughtful, you’ll be getting an email very soon! (And isn’t it great that the random number generator genuinely and randomly picked you!) And our first runner up is entrant number 2: Hannah McDonald. Hannah, you’ve won your choice of one book from the selection of four. Our second runner-up – who wins their choice of book from the remaining three books, is entrant number 4: Fiona De Lai. Hannah and Fiona, you’ll be receiving an email soon. Thank you to everyone for entering, and congratulations to Mr Thoughtful, Hannah and Fiona!’